Glenn Mcrae
Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University
Canada
Biography
Glenn McRae Professor Degrees: Ph.D., University of British Columbia, P.Eng
Research Interest
Research Interests: Delayed Hydride Cracking of Zirconium alloys used in the Nuclear Industry: Delayed hydride cracking of zirconium components used in CANDU reactors: corrosion and terminal solid solubility of hydrogen isotopes; hydride dissolution and movement of hydrogen in solid solution, fitness-for-service calculations With O. Basu in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and PCS Biofuels Inc: Development of polymeric high-energy biofuels from municipal, agricultural and forestry wastes Design and construction of medium-scale biofuel reactors for remote communities With R. Liu in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering: Failure investigations of hard-facing alloys used to trim feedwater valves on boilers containing dilute amine solutions With Stonecor-Carboline/Plasite: Techniques for accelerated evaluation of coatings that protect concrete waste-water digesters With Novelis: Techniques for accelerated evaluation of conversion coatings for aluminum beverage cans With Best Medical Canada: Novel X-ray dosimeters With Best Theratroncis Ltd.: Mo-100 targets for cyclotron production of Tc-99m for nuclear medical imaging Commercial Separation and Purification of Tc-99m from irradiated Mo-100 targets
